The Insider

Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube is reported to have confided to a Canadian embassy official Ronald Willson that party leader Morgan Tsvangirai was duped into thinking that two Canadians he met were deputy directors of the Central Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency.

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Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube said High Court judge George Chiweshe was not likely to release MDC members including national treasurer Fletcher Dulini- Ncube because he was a former military judge and a staunch Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front supporter.

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Former attorney-general and chairman of the Electoral Supervisory Commission Sobusa Gula-Ndebele told United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Joseph Sullivan that Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube was his cousin and used to work for his law firm.

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Movement for Democratic Change secretary-general Welshman Ncube told a visiting United States senate delegation that the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front was ready to go to war if the Movement for Democratic Change won the elections.

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One of the things that has killed Zimbabwe is the culture of silence. People see police officers taking, and at times demanding, bribes from motorists, from commuter omnibus drivers, from bus drivers but keep quiet about it.

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Zimbabwe was sliding slowly into a police state with the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front escalating its intimidation of Movement for Democratic Change leaders and supporters.

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Solomon Mujuru was one of the most powerful people in Zimbabwe. He was reported to be one of the few Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front leaders who could openly challenge President Robert Mugabe. He was even referred to as a kingmaker. Mujuru had also become one of the richest people in the country with businesses that spanned across the entire economy from mining to retail. But he died a painful death that remains shrouded in mystery. Here is the full list of Wikileaks cables on him.

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Movement for Democratic Change secretary general Welshman Ncube said careless statements by MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai had provided rich fodder for criticism especially his remarks that President Robert Mugabe would be out of office by December 2000.

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The United States embassy in Harare supported a dinner hosted by then Industry Minister Nkosana Moyo to get the Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front and the Movement for Democratic Change talking.

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Welshman Ncube was the second most powerful person within the Movement for Democratic Change when the party was formed in 1999. His political star, however, began to fade when he led a splinter group in 2005 that insisted that the party should contest the senate elections. A constitutional expert, Ncube may have been right in principle, but the move backfired. Though he allowed Arthur Mutambara to lead the party until he took over, the MDC that Ncube now leads only commands 10 seats in Parliament. It could even lose those seats to either his main rival Morgan Tsvangirai or the resuscitated Zimbabwe African People’s Union led by Dumiso Dabengwa. There are 207 Wikileaks cables on him. Here they are.

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